Hello Health,<br><br>I was involved with Arjun's first iteration of OLPC-health a few years ago, organized a good deal of the wiki pages on the subject, ended up interning and working for OLPC here in Boston. I organized the Health Jam event in Seattle, and was focused on a few public health education projects. I'm now a researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, I haven't been working on many health projects this past year, but did work on a project to open a cache of a high resolution public health images from the CDC for use in public health education materials. For example:<br>
<br><a href="http://cdc-phil.releaseourdata.com/?page_id=630&from=rand">http://cdc-phil.releaseourdata.com/?page_id=630&from=rand</a><br><br>I am primarily interested in educational content, and re-purposing pre-existing educational content for OLPC deployment.<br>
<br>--Seth<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 12:16 PM, mika matsuzaki <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mika@post.harvard.edu">mika@post.harvard.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi All,<br><br>Here's my introduction:<br><br>I have been following the OLPC health project on and off for the last couple years. My background is in biology, nutrition, and public health. I currently work for a non-profit organization that does health care work in Africa. Our work mostly focuses on HIV/AIDS related issues but we also manage a cancer program in Ethiopia as well. <br>
<br>Best,<br><font color="#888888">Mika</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Scheffler, Garrett [ITSUS] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:GScheffl@its.jnj.com" target="_blank">GScheffl@its.jnj.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi All,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">My name is Garrett. I am a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in Troy, NY majoring in Industrial Engineering and Product Design. This
summer I am an intern for the Global IT Services company within Johnson and
Johnson. I have introduced the idea here at J&J of getting involved with
OLPC and some associated possibilities. Our company has several resources which
could be beneficial to a broad scope of projects; and with the companies commitment
and interest in service to the community, I have found higher-ups that are
interested in moving forward. I got on this list by expressing my interest in
OLPC to Adam Holt, an OLPC support manager. Anyone with specific needs or
interest in what our company can offer the program, please contact me.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Garrett Scheffler</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:health-bounces@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">health-bounces@lists.laptop.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:health-bounces@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">health-bounces@lists.laptop.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jacquelyn Stone<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 02, 2010 10:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Steve Thomas<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ian Thomson; OLPC Health list; <a href="mailto:etoys-education-team@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">etoys-education-team@googlegroups.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Health] Introductions</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello All-</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My name is Jacquie Stone and I am brand new to this email
list. I went to college with Beth Santos, and she talked to me about how you
are all looking to develop a public health curriculum for this program.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I completed my Master's in Public Health this past spring at
Boston University, with a concentration in epidemiology and international
health. Both before and during my degree, I worked for the Clinton Foundation
HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI). During my 4 years there I had the opportunity to
live and work for them in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Nigeria and Boston. During that
time, and while in school, my focus narrowed to childhood malnutrition, with
particular emphasis on the epidemiology of the condition, developing trainings
for diagnosis and treatment of malnutrition, and designing monitoring and
evaluation systems for programs aiming to address childhood malnutrition.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In January, I left CHAI to work for Management Sciences for
Health, a non profit public health consulting firm based in Boston. Just
recently, I finished a contract consultancy with them and I am now looking for
additional consulting work, paid or pro bono.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've just moved to Jacksonville, North Carolina to live with
my (newlywed) husband, who is a Marine stationed here. As luck would have it,
Beth is moving to my neighborhood as well and we had the chance to meet in
person this past weekend to talk about the future of this public health
curriculum.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Given my background and interests, I'd be most inclined (and
enthused!) to partner with anyone who is interested in working on a
malnutrition unit.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Look forward to collaborating with you.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jacquie</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Steve Thomas <<a href="mailto:sthomas1@gosargon.com" target="_blank">sthomas1@gosargon.com</a>> wrote:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I can help with Etoys development and am interested in
pairing with anyone working subject matter knowledge.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stephen Thomas</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Ian Thomson <<a href="mailto:IanT@spc.int" target="_blank">IanT@spc.int</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi All,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I work for an intergovernmental agency
in the Pacific Islands, providing Technical Assistance to 22 Islands. It is
called the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I work in the ICT Outreach program and
have responsibility for OLPC and the Rural Internet Connectivity System
(affordable VSAT Internet)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">So far, we have started 9 country OLPC
projects.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">SPC has a major Health program in the
region and runs many projects on Non Communicable Diseases and things like
elimination of malaria, TB etc. Some of our health projects are funded by the
Global Foundation. We do quite a lot of education and capacity building in the
program and have developed many paper based education resources</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">In the Pacific, we are looking at
developing culturally appropriate digital resources that help islanders address
their major issues such as Health and Climate Change.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Ian Thomson </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">PacRICS and OLPC Coordinator</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">SPC</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Phone +687 26 01 44</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:health-bounces@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">health-bounces@lists.laptop.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:health-bounces@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">health-bounces@lists.laptop.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Beth Santos<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 01, 2010 7:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> OLPC Health list; <a href="mailto:etoys-education-team@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">etoys-education-team@googlegroups.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Health] Introductions</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi
all,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now
that I'm back in the USA, let's get people introduced to one another. I think a
good idea might be to first introduce ourselves and describe our interests,
then pair people up together (Etoys people with public health people and such)
to take on different units (I'm assuming at least the majority of them will be
based in Etoys so that teachers can edit them to make them culturally relevant
in various locations). Then we can get a timeline going to see some of this
stuff out.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So
if you can just take a quick five minutes to <b>introduce yourself </b>and to
indicate what <b>particular interests </b>you have in terms of public health
projects, that'd be great!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm
Beth and I'm the Outreach Coordinator for <a href="http://www.waveplace.org" target="_blank">Waveplace Foundation</a>. After doing a few laptop pilots using
Etoys and OLPC's XO laptop, what I realized was really missing was some public
health curricula that kids could use in our (and other) laptop programs around
the world. I have my own computer program running in São Tomé that has
benefitted from the Waveplace courseware but has also done a lot of development
on its own. I've also worked in Haiti and St. John with Waveplace.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lots
of interest in terms of public health, nothing in particular comes to mind,
though I do have experience with malaria and AIDS prevention initiatives.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Excited
to be working with all of you and hoping that we can get some great work
together!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take
care,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Beth</p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PS
Etoys Education Team-- I cc'ed you on this email in case any of you are
interested in joining us on the OLPC listserv, which is our home even though
it's technically a Waveplace project that we're doing. Let me know and I'd be
happy to add you, or sign up yourself to the OLPC list at least!</p>
<div style="margin-top: 24pt; margin-bottom: 24pt;" name="sig_050680e344">
<p class="MsoNormal">---<br>
<b>Beth Santos</b><br>
Outreach Coordinator<br>
Waveplace Foundation<br>
<br>
Tel: +1 610 797 3100 x 44<br>
Fax: +1 610 797 3199<br>
Cell: +1 603 661 1273 <br>
<a href="http://www.waveplace.org" target="_blank">http://www.waveplace.org</a></p>
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